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youre validating an asshole fanboy's rants by arguing with them. A professional should be above that crap. Its not "defending", if youre not in danger. A creator doesn't need to defend himself or herself.

Jude Terror wrote:It's not anymore. This has always been the attitude of fanboys. Steven Whacker leaves DC, it is perfectly acceptable for fanboys to go on for pages accusing him of unprofessionalism and in general deriding him personally and from a carreer standpoint. But if Mark Waid shows up tells them to STFU while making a Jay and Silent Bob joke, fanboys start crying and threatening legal action.

People spend far more many hours of their life than is anywhere remotely healthy deriding Rob Liefeld on the internet, but as soon as he shows up in a thread and starts slinging insults on the EXACT SAME LEVEL OF DOUCHERY AND MATURITY, he is an asshole and unprofessional.

Why? Fanboys should fucking be glad to have these people interacting with them on their own level. Fanboys are ungrateful, self-rightreoust pricks, IMO.

EXACTLY, the creators should be smart enough to keep away from those jerks on the net. You can't possibly win against them so just avoid them.

dairydead wrote:youre validating an asshole fanboy's rants by arguing with them. A professional should be above that crap. Its not "defending", if youre not in danger. A creator doesn't need to defend himself or herself.

thank you, a creator should be held to a higher standard over some 40 year old fat guy living in his moms basement hiding behind a user name of Joe the Magnifficent or some stupid shit like that

Jude Terror wrote:It's not "anymore." This has always been the attitude of fanboys. Steven Whacker leaves DC, it is perfectly acceptable for fanboys to go on for pages accusing him of unprofessionalism and in general deriding him personally and from a carreer standpoint. But if Mark Waid shows up tells them to STFU while making a Jay and Silent Bob joke, fanboys start crying and threatening legal action.

People spend far more many hours of their life than is anywhere remotely healthy deriding Rob Liefeld on the internet, but as soon as he shows up in a thread and starts slinging insults on the EXACT SAME LEVEL OF DOUCHERY AND MATURITY, he is an asshole and unprofessional.

Why? Fanboys should fucking be glad to have these people interacting with them on their own level. Fanboys are ungrateful, self-rightreous pricks, IMO.

I may not have gotten along with Rob back then but looking back, I can see where he was coming from. Waid jumping to Steve's defense was the right thing to do.

There's this amount of fanboy dickishness that happens and makes creators not want to post on the boards.

Chubbles wrote:thank you, a creator should be held to a higher standard over some 40 year old fat guy living in his moms basement hiding behind a user name of Joe the Magnifficent or some stupid shit like that

Why would you want that? You wouldn't prefer they were hanging out and shooting the shit with you?

If you hold yourself to that standard, then fine. If you don't then you are a fucking hypocrite, pure and simple.

I fly off at the handle every now and then so I have no right to tell ANYONE that they can't. However, I am perfectly in my right to respond to anyone else flying off the handle. You won't catch me running around telling creators they are being unprofessional for telling assholes they are assholes.

Chubbles wrote:not really no. I'd rather enjoy the persons work with no impression of who the person writing it is. i feel I'm way more objective that way.

But then you are punishing them for creating something you like. Why shouldn't they be allowed to be a message board prick if they want to? I know I find it to be one of the most profound sources of joy ever.

Jude Terror wrote:But then you are punishing them for creating something you like. Why shouldn't they be allowed to be a message board prick if they want to? I know I find it to be one of the most profound sources of joy ever.

they should create aliases

but in all truth creator meltdowns are awesome and for entirely selfish reasons i wish we'd have more of them

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